Wall-paper roller



May 6 1924.

l IQBS F. MILLER WALL PAPER ROLLER Filed Nov. 2., 1922 Patented May 6, 1924.

yMNr OFFICE.

FRANK MILLER, OF WEST HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY.

WALL-PAPER ROLLER.

Application led November v2, 1922. Serial No. 598,640.

T all whom it may concer/n.'

Be it known that I, FRANK MILLER, a citizen of Poland, residing at West Hoboken, county of Hudson, and State vof New Jersey,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wall-Paper Rollers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in wall paper rollers used to smoothen the wall paper after the same has been applied to the walls and ceiling of a room.

It is the principal object of my invention to provide a tool of this character which is simple and inexpensive in its construction, yet durable and convenient to handle by a paperhanger.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a tool of this character which will not tear the paper, possessing enough elasticity to yield when traveling over uneven spots in a wall o-r ceiling.

With these ends in view my novel tool consists in the novel construction, arrangement of parts and combination of elements shown in the accompanying drawing, forming a material part of this disclosure, and in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a tool constructed according to the present inven tion, and

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same.

The tool comprises a handle 10 of suitable shape, length and material to the upper flattened part 11 of which a metal loop is secured by means of headed bolts 12 passed through part 11 and the lower straight ends 13, 14 of the arms 15, 16 of the loop. ln-

23 covered with a corrugated rubber coating or cover 24.

It will be clear that a gentle pressure eX- erted by the roller 24 against the wall paper while the roller is traveling over the same,

will firmly press the paper against the wall and remove all wrinkles' formed, without in any way injuring the same or its colors, while the arms 15, 16A will develop elasticity enough to avoid a tearing of the paper over rough places in walls or ceilings.

Changes may be made in the general arrangement and the specific construction of the minor details of my device without deviating from the scope and spirit thereof.

What l claim is:

A tool as'described comprising a handle,

a loop formed by curved arms having stra-ight lower ends adapted to engage said handle and to be secured thereto, the upper ends of said arms perforated, -afshaft journaled in the perfo-rations of said upper ends,

a roller on said shaft, a corrugated rubber covering for said roller, and a rod secured` at each of its angular ends to said arms to brace the'same.

In testimony whereof I have aiiixed my signature. i

FRANK MILLER. 

